Stockton N
Disasters. 1998 Dec;22(4):352-60. doi: 10.1111/1467-7717.00098.
The humanitarian crisis which followed in the wake of the genocidal regime in Rwanda in 1994 generated massive media attention and an unprecedented outpouring of international public and private assistance. In late 1997, the Rwanda refugee population in Zaire was subjected to a disaster of similarly epic proportions as a result of military action. Yet this crisis went relatively under-reported and failed to attract substantial aid funds, particularly from official donors. This paper seeks to document and account for the demise of the humanitarian imperative. It confronts a number of the criticisms of humanitarian action, concluding that, rather than being flawed, traditional humanitarian values remain valid and should be defended wherever there are situations of conflict.
1994年卢旺达种族灭绝政权之后接踵而至的人道主义危机引起了媒体的广泛关注，国际公共和私人援助也前所未有的大量涌现。1997年末，扎伊尔境内的卢旺达难民因军事行动遭遇了一场规模同样巨大的灾难。然而，这场危机的报道相对较少，未能吸引到大量援助资金，尤其是来自官方捐助者的资金。本文旨在记录并解释人道主义使命的消亡。它回应了一些对人道主义行动的批评，得出的结论是，传统的人道主义价值观并非有缺陷，而是仍然有效，在任何冲突局势中都应予以捍卫。
